期 (kei4 | qi1 qi2) : period of time; phase; expect

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期

kei4

qi1 qi2

[1] [n] period of time; scheduled/appointed time
[2] [n] phase; stage; session; issue
[3] [v] expect; anticipate; hope; await

Pinyin qi1 is used in China; qi2 in Taiwan.

Default PoS:

Additional PoS:

Stroke count: 12

Level: 1

Radical: 月 (#74)

This character is used in both Cantonese and Mandarin/Standard written Chinese.

期

This word has been viewed 19279 times since 30th Oct 2012, was added by sheik on 18th Mar 2007 21:22 and last edited on 26th Oct 2014 14:01

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空窗期 hung1 coeng1 kei4 kong1 chuang1 qi2 = time period between losing a lover and finding a new lover 國

日期 jat6 kei4 ri4 qi1 (PRC), ri4 qi2 (Taiwan) = date

生日日期 saang1 jat6 jat6 kei4 sheng1 ri4 ri4 qi1 (PRC), sheng1 ri4 ri4 qi2 (Taiwan) = date of birth

星期一 sing1 kei4 jat1 xing1 qi1 yi1 (PRC), xing1 qi2 yi1 (Taiwan) = Monday

星期 sing1 kei4 xing1 qi1 (PRC), xing1 qi2 (Taiwan) = week

星期二 sing1 kei4 ji6 xing1 qi1 er4 (PRC), xing1 qi2 er4 (Taiwan) = Tuesday

星期三 sing1 kei4 saam1 xing1 qi1 san1 (PRC), xing1 qi2 san1 (Taiwan) = Wednesday

星期四 sing1 kei4 sei3 xing1 qi1 si4 (PRC), xing1 qi2 si4 (Taiwan) = Thursday

星期五 sing1 kei4 ng5 xing1 qi1 wu3 (PRC), xing1 qi2 wu3 (Taiwan) = Friday

星期六 sing1 kei4 luk6 xing1 qi1 liu4 (PRC), xing1 qi2 liu4 (Taiwan) = Saturday
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一個星期有七天。
There are seven days in a week.

我下個星期就返香港啦。粵
I'm going back to Hong Kong next week.
[http://www.cantonese.sheik.co.uk/phorum/read.php?14,131797]

今日星期幾？粵
What is the day (of today)?
[The answer will be: 今日星期一/二/三/... (gam1 jat6 sing1 kei4 jat1 / ji6 / saam1 / ...) ]

上星期日我同啲朋友一齊食晚飯。粵
Last Sunday, I had dinner with my friends together.

星期日係公眾假期。粵
Sunday is a public holiday.

聖誕期間﹐電視有好多好戲睇! 粵
There are lots of good films on TV at Christmas!

聖誕期間，電視上播很多好看的電影國
There are lots of good films on TV at Christmas!

春節是動物的發情期國
Animals mate during spring.

假期有乜搞作啊？粵
What are your plans for the holidays?

我諗呢個方案以三個月為期可以做完。粵
I believe this project can be completed within three months.

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Decimal representation of this word: 期
Unicode code for this character: U+671f (off-site link)

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